| Course title | |||||
| 環境汚染化学 [Chemistry of Organic Pollutants] | |||||
| Course category | Requirement | Credit | 2 | ||
| Department | Year | 2～ | Semester | 3rd | |
| Course type | 3rd | Course code | 01en2042 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 高田 秀重, 水川 薫子 [TAKADA Hideshige, MIZUKAWA Kaoruko] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Agriculture | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
| Regarding typical organic contaminants, their chemical structures, chemical properties, distributions, environmental behaviors, and adverse biological effects are lectured. General rules of behaviors of organic contaminants which are controlled by source characteristics and properties (i.e., volatility, hydrophobicity, degradability) of the contaminants are explained by generalized way and specified way through various specific cases of the individual classes of contaminants. Monitoring and study approaches and the results are provided. |
| Expected Learning |
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To understand chemical structures, chemical properties, distributions, environmental behaviors, and adverse biological effects of typical organic contaminants. To understand general rules where behaviors of organic contaminants are controlled by source characteristics and properties (i.e., volatility, hydrophobicity, degradability). To understand monitoring and study approaches of pollutants. More information is available in the following site: https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/ |
| Course schedule |
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1-1 General rules and factors controlling the behavior organic micropollutants. 1-2. Definition of pollutants and scope of Lecture "Chemistry of Organic micro pollutants". 1-3. Sources of pollutants 2. Properties and behavior (i.e., volatility, hydrophobicity, degradability). 3. Organochlorine compounds (Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls : PCBs):structures and sources 4. Organochlorine compounds (Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls : PCBs):properties and behaviors 5. Dioxins 6. Brominated flame retardants 7. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons 8. Petroleum pollution 9. Synthetic detergents 10. Perfluorinated surfactants 11. Endocrine disrupting chemicals 12. Plastic pollution 13. Marine plastics and microplastics pollution 14. Pharmaceuticals and antibiotics 15. Monitoring |
| Prerequisites |
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Knowledge on basic chemistry on high school level is required. In addition to 30 hours in the class, students are recommended to prepare for and revise the classes spending the standard amount of time as specified by the University. Related lecture : “Geochemistry” |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| “Pollution Chemistry” published by Maruzen-publishing (Author Mizukawa and Takada). It's in Japanese. ISBN : 978-4-621-08968-2 |
| References |
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Environmental Organic Chemistry by R.P. Schwarzenbach et al. Wiley-International |
| Assessment/Grading |
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Evaluation is made based on grading of the report which is requested to be submitted after all the classes. |
| Message from instructor(s) |
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| Course keywords |
| Environmental pollution, endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), POPs |
| Office hours |
| 10 am to 6 pm on weekday. Responses will be made upon inquire through e-mail. |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
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| Last update |
| 3/22/2022 5:32:56 PM |